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Solange Knowles, Tyra Banks and Oprah Winfrey are some of the women who sparked off the worldwide 'going natural' trend in 2009 after the release of Chris Rock's comedy documentary Good Hair. Ten years later, the trend is coming back to Africa where it actually began, writes LYDIA LIMBE.
It has taken the streets of Kenyan streets by storm. Natural hair. Everywhere you look, women are rocking natural hair in various shapes, forms and styles. Some have colour, others are styled into various versions of the afro or into bantu knots, baby locks or dreadlocks.
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